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Friday, February 22, 2013

Broken winch :(

First problem shows up in our auto creeping solar powered coop moving system. Looks like the cable piled up on one side of the winch pulley, slipped over the top, and wrapped around the shaft. The pressure pushed the shaft out of thw winch body, potentially breaking the winch motor itself.

Hmmmmm

Not sure how to prevent this one. The cable was apparently a little off center, causing the cable to collect on one side of the pulley till it got too thick. I suppose the basic winch design assume,e someone is present and watching for this. It did work for a week though, so the problem must be surmountable. Seems like a smaller guide in front would prevent this.